[Pkg-kbd-devel] Bug#561920: switching from console-tools to kbd, openvt lost functionality,

[Michael Schutte]

Hi,

Thanks for your report.

On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 01:41:51AM -0800, Dallas Legan wrote:
> Switching from console-tools to kbd, openvt lost functionality
> and would no longer launch programs in console/tty larger than 12.
> I had to switch back to console-tools because of my need for this,
> managing use of some fbdev applications.

I’m afraid I cannot reproduce the bug you are describing.  At least on
my system, openvt will readily open VTs up to much higher numbers.  Can
you give me a specific command line which fails?  An error message, if
applicable, would also be useful.

> I also note that it doesn't have the line to launch vcstime
> in it's config file :-), and have to switch back to using cron
> if I use it.

There actually is an undocumented DO_VCSTIME option for /etc/kbd/config,
but vcstime doesn’t really work either way.  I’ll definitely look into
this problem.

Cheers,
-- 
Michael Schutte <michi at uiae.at>
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